Hugh and Phil talk about some tips for broadcast video. Go to the website for a PDF of the notes.By [email protected]

Hugh and Phil talk about some tips and get-out-of-gaol-free cards with respect to broadcast audio. Go to the website for a PDF of the notes.By [email protected]

Hugh and Phil talk about KVM-over-IP systems with particular reference to Teradici and Phil's favourite manufacturer Amulet Hotkey. They also go over the basics of encryption with symmetric and public-key crypto.By [email protected]

Phil and Hugh talk about modern picture quality analysis and why good old fashioned colour bars are of little use to the modern broadcast engineer!By [email protected]

Hugh and Phil go over the practise of using a 3D LUT (look up table) to get OLEDs & LCD televisions closer to the Rec.709 gamut.By [email protected]

Hugh and Phil go over the principles of the Discrete Cosine Transform as applied to video compression and the differences between IFrame and long-GOP codecs.By [email protected]

Hugh and Phil talk about optical multiplexing as well as new methods for accurately testing fibre cables. A few tips on basic fibre cleaning as well.By [email protected]

Simon Quill of Bryant Unlimited and Phil go over their range of network controlled, intelligently monitored power distribution unitsBy [email protected]

Phil & Hugh go over a few tips and tricks for using MS Excel in the design of film & TV facilitiesBy [email protected]

Phil & Tim Taylor go over some of the features of the DD-WRT router firmware and how they can be used to secure a home networkBy [email protected]

Phil goes over OFCOM, DPP, Harding and other aspects of PSEBy [email protected]

Hugh and Phil are joined by Rupert Watson of Root6 to talk SANs, NASs and shared storageBy [email protected]

Phil and Hugh discuss the coming 4k and 8k TV standard as well as pixel-less video.By [email protected]

Hugh and Phil go through some of the principles of traditional video QC using the Tektronix WFM and WVR series test sets.By [email protected]

Hugh and Phil go over some of the principles of file-based QC for television deliverables.By [email protected]

Phil and Hugh are joined by Laurence Claydon for an introduction to digital cinema.By [email protected]

Phil continues his conversation with Hugh going over some of the lower-level protocols that are used in IP networks.By [email protected]

This part 1 (of a two-parter) covers the fundamentals of the protocols and practises that drive all internet-derived networks.By [email protected]

Hugh and I go into the details of RS232C and how it is still used in broadcast engineering for configuration and test.By [email protected]

Hugh and Phil talk about the need for custom made boxes and panels. They talk about the metalwork as well as circuit details used and wind up with a review of the Arduino platformBy [email protected]

Hugh and Phil take a look at display standards starting with HD/SDi and working through analogue VGA through to DisplayPort. Hugh talks about some of the work he's been doing with Skillset certifying University TV and Media courses.By [email protected]

Hugh and I continue our discussion of audio and make particular mention of cabling for TV facilities.By [email protected]

Hugh and Phil go over the fundementals of sound and recorded audio in the first of a two-parterBy [email protected]

After the intro to colourimetry Hugh and I talk about calibrating monitors for film and TV use.By [email protected]

Hugh and Phil lay the groundwork for the next podcast about monitor calibration. This episode concerns perception of colour in TVBy [email protected]